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the u.s. will, the u.s. presence will establish a headquarters and beef up jordan's military capabilities should violence erupt on the border. >>> fireworks at a hearing on capitol hill today. trying to defend the obama administration's handling of the terrorist attack on the american consulate in libya. the attack killed a u.s. embass door and three other americans. tom fitzgerald is following this. this is a political battle. >> reporter: it really has and showed no sign of letting up. the republicans have been accusing the obama administration of not doing enough to protect the consulate, while democrats say the focus should be on fining who was responsible for that attack in ben ghazi on september 11th, not the deciding blame. obama administration officials headed to capitol hill to tell the house oversight committee that the security every ben ghaz icons late was based of the -- on the assessments of the resources on the ground and what is available. the critics were quick to point out that the administ
the u.s. will, the u.s. presence will establish a headquarters and beef up jordan's military capabilities should violence erupt on the border. >>> fireworks at a hearing on capitol hill today. trying to defend the obama administration's handling of the terrorist attack on the american consulate in libya. the attack killed a u.s. embass door and three other americans. tom fitzgerald is following this. this is a political battle. >> reporter: it really has and showed no sign of...
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a scathing report released last week by the u.s. antidoping agency forced armstrong to leave the top post of the cancer charity and now, there is more fallout. david lee miller reports. >> reporter: the international cycling union giving lance armstrong a strong blow. >> we will strip him of his seven tour de france titles. lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> reporter: the announcement comes after a report released last week by the u.s. antidoping agency accusing armstrong and his team of taking part in a massive doping program. allegations pointing to the hundreds of drug on tests in the past. he chose not to fight the u.s. ada, arguing the process is biased against him. armstrong lost major sponsor endorsement deals after the report was released. nike, anheuser-busch and radio shack caught ties with him in the aftermath. armstrong, a cancer survivor, skinned down as chairman of his cancer charity in the fallout, hoping to keep the controversy from affecting his foundation. he -- sunday at a fund raising bike ride for live
a scathing report released last week by the u.s. antidoping agency forced armstrong to leave the top post of the cancer charity and now, there is more fallout. david lee miller reports. >> reporter: the international cycling union giving lance armstrong a strong blow. >> we will strip him of his seven tour de france titles. lance armstrong has no place in cycling. >> reporter: the announcement comes after a report released last week by the u.s. antidoping agency accusing...
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. >>> the u.s. postal service is even deeper in debt after a defaulted on a $5.6 billion payment it's the second time this year. lawmakers left washington last month without passing legislation that would have helped the post office deal with the crippling debt and operating losses. >>> the forecast is in for some holiday spending and the national retail federation is betting we're going to open up our wallets laura evans has more. >> reporter: the national retail federation is expecting solid growth before i introduce you to ellen, i want to show you how it breaks down and they're breaking it down to forecasting 4.1% here for 2012 and in 2011, there was a spending increase of 5.6% and if you look at the past 10 years since the recession began, the average increase in holiday spending was 3.5% and, again, that gives you perspective of what we're facing here. ellen davis, the executive director of the national retail federation joins us now to talk about how this breaks down. and that is going to pla
. >>> the u.s. postal service is even deeper in debt after a defaulted on a $5.6 billion payment it's the second time this year. lawmakers left washington last month without passing legislation that would have helped the post office deal with the crippling debt and operating losses. >>> the forecast is in for some holiday spending and the national retail federation is betting we're going to open up our wallets laura evans has more. >> reporter: the national retail...
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. >> and also coming up on fox 5 news at 5:00, a u.s. airways flight diverted because of a cracked windshield. >> and a record-breaking sky dive from the edge of space. this is nothing short of a miracle. details on an amazing fete as we continue. >> and if you have a story idea, we want it. we can put it on air. call the fox 5 tip line or lay it all out in an e-mail at fox 5 tips at wttg.com. [ male announcer ] president obama says he's creating jobs, but he's really creating debt. the facts are clear. obama's four deficits are the four largest in us history. he's adding almost as much debt as all 43 previous presidents -- combined. and over 30 cents of every dollar obama spends is borrowed. much of it from countries like china. he's not just wasting money, he's borrowing it and then wasting it. we can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. dit's just that simple, i mean, needit's a no brainer.and. anncr: every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty... million at casinos in west virginia,
. >> and also coming up on fox 5 news at 5:00, a u.s. airways flight diverted because of a cracked windshield. >> and a record-breaking sky dive from the edge of space. this is nothing short of a miracle. details on an amazing fete as we continue. >> and if you have a story idea, we want it. we can put it on air. call the fox 5 tip line or lay it all out in an e-mail at fox 5 tips at wttg.com. [ male announcer ] president obama says he's creating jobs, but he's really creating...
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. >> 8 million people without power, assistance from around the u.s. is needed after the disaster. we have the story from new york with all the details. >> reporter: not only are volunteers heading out to the east coast, but a lot of food is on its way as well. indiana's feed the hungry has a trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of food. it will meet up with two more trailers and will feed around 3,000 families. >> even though it is miles and miles away, there are grandmothers, grandfathers, moms, dads, children who are really going to be in harm's way and have a tough couple weeks here after this storm passes. >> reporter: electric crews in houston are heading north to help residents deal with the aftermath of hurricane sandy. they're driving to maryland and washington d.c. where they'll provide much needed assistance. the crews are expected to arrive tomorrow and help out an estimated 800,000 without power. they're expected to stay for about two weeks. >> it is rough work. you've seen from ike what we had to go through. we'll be doing 16 hour days easy. >> reporter: more than 6,000 nat
. >> 8 million people without power, assistance from around the u.s. is needed after the disaster. we have the story from new york with all the details. >> reporter: not only are volunteers heading out to the east coast, but a lot of food is on its way as well. indiana's feed the hungry has a trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of food. it will meet up with two more trailers and will feed around 3,000 families. >> even though it is miles and miles away, there are grandmothers,...
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. >> reporter: a big merger in the highly u.s. competitive cell phone market. struggling cell phone companies, time error -- t- mobile and metro pcs communications are set to join forces, a deal that will create a $7 billion company with more than 40 million subscribers. the deal still needs the green light from shareholders and regulatory approval. samsung, over apple again, this time over the iphone 5, the latest fight over infringement on the patent. you will remember the korean electronics company sued apple over previous versions for copying certain innovations like synchronizing photos, music, and video files across several devices and methods to capture and send video over the internet. the latest case is due to go to trial in march of 2014. and if you're a fitness geek, you probably heard of trx. all of the rage now. there is a recall announced on trx equipment and involves older model professional and tactical suspension trainer devices made between 2006-2007. a buckle on the devices can break causing users to fall. there have been 700 -- excuse me, 57
. >> reporter: a big merger in the highly u.s. competitive cell phone market. struggling cell phone companies, time error -- t- mobile and metro pcs communications are set to join forces, a deal that will create a $7 billion company with more than 40 million subscribers. the deal still needs the green light from shareholders and regulatory approval. samsung, over apple again, this time over the iphone 5, the latest fight over infringement on the patent. you will remember the korean...
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quarter million women of all ages will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and that is just in the u.s. they can be traumatic and overwhelming. who do you turn to for support? people who understand what you're going through as you're going through it. sure, there is fantastic support groups out there, but a new social network is launched designed to connect women in a new more specific way. it's called my breast cancer team and the founder mary ray is joining us here on the 5 live via skype. hi, mary. >> hi, how are you? >> i'm good, thank you. this is more than women sharing experience, but a source for them, right? >> >> yes, it is. a lot of times, women will try to google like crazy when it comes to their diagnosis to get as much as they can and get information overload when they want to connect with people like them. >> women can customize their profile in a way like facebook. does it pair you up with similar people? >> folks on their own can do a search for themselves. they can search the stage of cancer, type of cancer, home and receptor status and age group. then, they get resul
quarter million women of all ages will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and that is just in the u.s. they can be traumatic and overwhelming. who do you turn to for support? people who understand what you're going through as you're going through it. sure, there is fantastic support groups out there, but a new social network is launched designed to connect women in a new more specific way. it's called my breast cancer team and the founder mary ray is joining us here on the 5 live via...
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the u.s -- then the u.s. condemns the shooting of a pakistani school girl attacked by members of the taliban. and american piles ban together amidcontract talks. those stories and more. we're watching the nats at 6. pamela howze: it just seems like such an... infringement on our lives. how dare they step into my life that way. it's none of their business. he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. when president obama couldn't. first, my energy independence policy means more than three million new jobs. many of them in manufacturing. my tax reform plan to lower rates for the middle class and for small business creates seven million more. and expanding trade, cracking down on china, and improving job training takes us to over 12 million new jobs. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. . >>> a third person has died after a parkin
the u.s -- then the u.s. condemns the shooting of a pakistani school girl attacked by members of the taliban. and american piles ban together amidcontract talks. those stories and more. we're watching the nats at 6. pamela howze: it just seems like such an... infringement on our lives. how dare they step into my life that way. it's none of their business. he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic...
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it's heading to cuba next and could affect parts of the u.s. gary, tell us about send. >> reporter: it became a hurricane this afternoon sitting on the eastern section of jamaica right now and let's go to the graphic. i want to show you, the winds are tops sustained at 80 miles an hour and in last check, they had winds, eastern section of jamaica at 60, 70 miles an hour and it holds on to the hurricane characteristics and becomes a tropical storm again in the bahamas, and that is forecast to be another hurricane off of florida and it's still forecast to go offshore of the east coast and to the end there. it jogs to the left and the official forecast could be important. coming up, i want to show you what we call the spa gety model and it could -- spaghetti model and it could make its way to new england. >> it's 82 degrees and we'll talk about the evening forecast in a bit as well. >> okay, good to know. 82, and gary. thanks. >> a lot to think about with sandy. >> yes. >> the job to the left is what worries everyone. >> yeah, right. >>> coming up
it's heading to cuba next and could affect parts of the u.s. gary, tell us about send. >> reporter: it became a hurricane this afternoon sitting on the eastern section of jamaica right now and let's go to the graphic. i want to show you, the winds are tops sustained at 80 miles an hour and in last check, they had winds, eastern section of jamaica at 60, 70 miles an hour and it holds on to the hurricane characteristics and becomes a tropical storm again in the bahamas, and that is forecast...
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. >> engineer who has worked at major u.s. corporations. on his facebook page, he waited with -- graduated with a latch lor of science degree from georgia state and lived in staten island, new york, and here in the d.c. area. the judge here in alexandrea this afternoon, ordering him held in jail until his next court date. on monday, brian. >>> developing in prince william county tonight, three women attacked at gun point. one sexually assaulted. that happened last night in the dunphry area. police are on the hunt for an armed man. fox 5s maureen umeh is in the newsroom with more. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, will. they thought they had safety in numbers but the suspect was not deterred. he was able to get one of the women away from the group and sexually sexual assaulted her. this is a computer-generated composite sketch of the suspect. his face is partially concealed but the police hope someone will recognize him. police say the attack happened last night around 10 along fuller heights road near the intersection of mockbird hei
. >> engineer who has worked at major u.s. corporations. on his facebook page, he waited with -- graduated with a latch lor of science degree from georgia state and lived in staten island, new york, and here in the d.c. area. the judge here in alexandrea this afternoon, ordering him held in jail until his next court date. on monday, brian. >>> developing in prince william county tonight, three women attacked at gun point. one sexually assaulted. that happened last night in the...
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according to a survey of 2500 u.s. hospitals, nearly 7 out of every 100,000 children were hospitalized in 2009 for serious injuries resulting from abuse, up from about 6 in every 100,000 children back in 1997. the increase in serious injuries comes from less abuse. secondhand smoke kills more than 40,000 nonspoke smokers ever year and including infants, and it is devastating in the african-american communities, including babies. african-americans accounted for 13% of all second-hand smoke deaths but 36% of infant deaths in the african-american community. they say the number of deaths related to secondhand smoke are likely much higher than those reported. >> coming up tonight, a man who survived the colorado movie massacre pushes for tougher gun laws. we'll show you how he is getting the message out there. >> and a spider sighting puts the brakes on a road project. find out why biologists are rejoicing tonight. >> and look at how gloomy and cloudy it is. we'll get the latest from gary mcgrady when he joins us in the nex
according to a survey of 2500 u.s. hospitals, nearly 7 out of every 100,000 children were hospitalized in 2009 for serious injuries resulting from abuse, up from about 6 in every 100,000 children back in 1997. the increase in serious injuries comes from less abuse. secondhand smoke kills more than 40,000 nonspoke smokers ever year and including infants, and it is devastating in the african-american communities, including babies. african-americans accounted for 13% of all second-hand smoke...
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as sandy pushes closer to the u.s., a state of emergency has been declared in d.c., maryland and virginia. so what can we expect in our region? let's get back to gary for an update. >> a lot of heavy rain, a lot of high wind and a lot of power outages and a lot of coastal flooding out of this. that's what we can expect initially. we will get more detailed into that, especially as the storm gets closer to us, we start with radar here because i want to show you we are already getting these storms now coming off of sandy and again miami received a bunch of rain yesterday, now places all the way as far north as orlando and even eventually jacksonville will be getting these very, very heavy rain bands off to the western side of hurricane sandy. switching over to tropical models we call these the that g.e.t. -- the spaghetti slots and models. look how tight that is. that's for the next 48 hours or to the future, look and see what's happening now. much like yesterday, just about all the models take it a little bit out of sea and then make that left turn towards the coastline, whether it's the mi
as sandy pushes closer to the u.s., a state of emergency has been declared in d.c., maryland and virginia. so what can we expect in our region? let's get back to gary for an update. >> a lot of heavy rain, a lot of high wind and a lot of power outages and a lot of coastal flooding out of this. that's what we can expect initially. we will get more detailed into that, especially as the storm gets closer to us, we start with radar here because i want to show you we are already getting these...
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"newsweek"'s last u.s. print edition will be december 31st. >>> wine prices could be going up because of bad weather over in europe. drought, frost, and hail combined to damage many vineyards across europe. france's grape harvest is expected to fall by 20% compared to last year. italy's grape crops is showing a 7% drop. europe's grape harvest is a global impact because it accounts for more than 60% of the wine produced worldwide. >>> from wine to food. how do you decide if a food is fresh enough to eat? most people go by the sell by or used by dates. you might be surprised to know that the -- weeks after fired. fox's theresa priola has details. >> reporter: who hasn't been there? you're preparing a home cooked meal and go to the fridge for that one crucial ingredient. only to find it's past the use by or expiration date. so is it still good? >> if it's in the fridgey dare, i'm assuming it's still okay. it smells okay. >> too risky. >> yeah, and they have like growing bacteria like who knows, you know. >> re
"newsweek"'s last u.s. print edition will be december 31st. >>> wine prices could be going up because of bad weather over in europe. drought, frost, and hail combined to damage many vineyards across europe. france's grape harvest is expected to fall by 20% compared to last year. italy's grape crops is showing a 7% drop. europe's grape harvest is a global impact because it accounts for more than 60% of the wine produced worldwide. >>> from wine to food. how do you...
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. >> miss angela mccaskill has a right under the u.s. constitution to sign any pestition anywhere in this country and not get punished for it because he does not share the political aspirations of some of the students here concerning gay marriage. >> don't be -- to sign a petition. >> reporter: the arguments were remarkably similar from the marriage equality crowd gathered at the entrance. >> all dr. mccaskill did was to exercise her right under the maryland state constitution to exercise her civic duty. >> reporter: mongol urk debt students, some feel the quick suspension was wrong. >> i think that they should have met with the people who were concerned and had a did on log with them first. >> reporter: others question the judgement of the chief diversity officer. >> she should be careful. it seems like a conflict of interest, she should have been impartial on this. >> reporter: among the students gathered near the demonstrators, they were watching and it appeared to me the majority of them support the administration's decision to suspe
. >> miss angela mccaskill has a right under the u.s. constitution to sign any pestition anywhere in this country and not get punished for it because he does not share the political aspirations of some of the students here concerning gay marriage. >> don't be -- to sign a petition. >> reporter: the arguments were remarkably similar from the marriage equality crowd gathered at the entrance. >> all dr. mccaskill did was to exercise her right under the maryland state...
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it was on westbound u.s. 50 just prior to the bay bridge. and at that time, the westbound lanes were closed and emergency officials also closed the eastbound travel lanes to maintain a radius of safety around that vehicle. >> do we know what caused the leak? >> caller: at this point, police will -- and emergency officials will be going over the tanker vehicle and investigating it. at this time though we don't have answers as to why it was leaking. >> so any idea how long the other lanes will be shut down? i imagine well into the evening commute. >> caller: at this point, exactly. we do not have an estimate for reopening those lanes westbound. there obviously does need to be hazardous material clean-up in that area. and the maryland department of the environment you know has been on the scene along with a host of emergency crews and officials. the actual vehicle has been removed. the leak has stopped. but that's why we were able to reopen the eastbound lanes but there still does need to be some clean-up. we really do appreciate drivers' patie
it was on westbound u.s. 50 just prior to the bay bridge. and at that time, the westbound lanes were closed and emergency officials also closed the eastbound travel lanes to maintain a radius of safety around that vehicle. >> do we know what caused the leak? >> caller: at this point, police will -- and emergency officials will be going over the tanker vehicle and investigating it. at this time though we don't have answers as to why it was leaking. >> so any idea how long the...
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. >> reporter: the labor department said the monthly u.s. jobs report will be released on time despite concerns it would be late because of sandy. earlier in the week, the department officials say they could not rule out a delay since much of the final work on the report is done in government buildings, which were closed during the storm, as you know. officials say that some employees came in tuesday to get it done. the final jobs report is expected before election day. >>> well, they could bring major traffic relief to the beltway. coming up, why the new express lanes in virginia could be open in time for the holiday travel rush. >> keep seeing them. have to log on to the website. plus, another person dies in virginia raising the death toll in that meningitis outbreak. ut anncr: it's said that character is what we do... when we think no one is looking. mitt romney: believe that they are victims. anncr: mitt romney thought no one was looking when... he attacked forty-seven percent of americans. his companies shipped jobs overseas. his plan
. >> reporter: the labor department said the monthly u.s. jobs report will be released on time despite concerns it would be late because of sandy. earlier in the week, the department officials say they could not rule out a delay since much of the final work on the report is done in government buildings, which were closed during the storm, as you know. officials say that some employees came in tuesday to get it done. the final jobs report is expected before election day. >>> well,...
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a taliban suicide bomber struck during a joint u.s. and afghan patrol. the u.s. troops and afghan police officers had just gotten out of their vehicles. they were walking toward a market when the bomber rammed his bike into them, detonating the explosives. three americans were killed, along with their translator, four afghan police officers, and six civilians also killed. the bombing comes one day after the u.s. death toll in the war in afghanistan reached 2,000. >>> a white house official tonight acknowledged that hackers tried to infiltrate the white house computer system. the official said the cyber attack was thwarted and that there was no evidence the hackers removed any data. the official also said the targeted network does not contain classified information. last year google blamed computer hackers in china for a similar effort against the g-mail accounts of several hundred people there. today officials would not say whether the white house attack was linked to china. >>> the champagne is in the killer at nats park. tonight the nats will try to clinch the
a taliban suicide bomber struck during a joint u.s. and afghan patrol. the u.s. troops and afghan police officers had just gotten out of their vehicles. they were walking toward a market when the bomber rammed his bike into them, detonating the explosives. three americans were killed, along with their translator, four afghan police officers, and six civilians also killed. the bombing comes one day after the u.s. death toll in the war in afghanistan reached 2,000. >>> a white house...